Mueller probe another instance of the US' rule of law

ONE of the never-ending debates among economists and political scientists has been the question of what has made the United States one of history's greatest success stories and the world's supreme power.

Some of the explanations focus on its dynamic free-market economy, while others point to the nation's democratic traditions, its powerful military, natural resources and great scientific centres. Or perhaps it all has to do with the US being a magnet to immigrants from all around the world?

In a way, the above explanations make sense and there is no reason to believe that the United States would have become a global winner and a country that is widely regarded as a model of political and economic development, without its entrepreneurial spirit, its effective electoral system, its openness to immigration, and a willingness to change. But if one is asked to cite one reason - and one reason only - for what has made America so great on so many levels, it is this: The United States is a nation of laws, not a nation of men.